Barcelona Management Institute
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The Barcelona Management Institute is a graduate business school located in Barcelona, Spain. The school is privately held, independent, and unaffiliated with any religious or political groups.
The mission of the institute is "to create world-class business leaders by bringing top professionals, business educators, and students together, to develop proven critical skills and knowledge, and to provide engaging and rewarding educational experiences".
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[edit] Programs Offered
International Master of Business Administration (MBA) program
[edit] Features
The main features of the MBA program are:
- A general management focus, to make students confident leaders in any industry, business, or government sector.
- An emphasis on teaching over research.
- A curriculum that lets students focus on one subject at a time.
- Training workshops to teach students practical management skills.
- Classes limited to thirty students.
- A international focus, with professors and students from all over the world.
[edit] Faculty
The faculty are professors from leading institutions in the US, Europe and South America, among them:
- The University of Michigan (US)
- The George Washington University (US)
- Ohio State University (US)
- The University of Western Ontario (Canada)
- Helsinki School of Economics (Finland)
- Central European University (Hungary)
[edit] Methodology
The main elements of the methodology are active discussion, case studies, simulations and teamwork.
All courses at the institute are taught in English.
[edit] Curriculum
The curriculum is divided into modules and workshops, where modules cover the functional areas of management and workshops focus on professional skills.
Modules
- Business and the World Economy
- Developing Business Strategies
- Implementing Business Strategies
- Business Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance
- Managing Information
- Managing the Supply Chain
- Managing People
- Managing Technology and Innovation
- Managing Business Processes
- Controlling Business Performance
- Understanding Consumers
- Conducting Business Research
- Going to Market
- Financing Business Strategies
- Communicating Financial Information
- Financial Decision-Making
Workshops
- Personal effectiveness
- "What the CEO wants you to know"
- Leadership
- Negotiation and Persuasion skills
- Spreadsheets for the manager
- Career Management
- Project Management
- Business Simulations
[edit] Admissions
Admission to the MBA program is highly competitive and incoming class size is limited to thirty students.
The program is 12-months long, starting each October, January, and April.
The school offers a limited number of partial scholarships.
[edit] Credit system
The school uses the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) standard. The MBA program consists of 90 required ECTS credits.
[edit] Location
The school is located in the Mapfre tower (Torre Mapfre) on the Barcelona seafront.
